One of many brightest stars of Saturday’s spring soccer sport is leaving the Colorado Buffaloes.
Junior Montana Lemonious-Craig posted a letter on social media Sunday thanking the CU group for his time in Boulder. Whereas Lemonious-Craig by no means truly wrote that he’s transferring, the letter reads as a goodbye and a number of BuffZone sources confirmed that Lemonious-Craig is planning to switch.
“I’m writing to precise my heartfelt appreciation to your entire College of Colorado group for the unimaginable alternative I’ve had attending this esteemed establishment in Boulder, Co.,” Lemonious-Craig wrote.
After thanking college, workers, friends and teammates, Lemonious-Craig added, “I’m proud to have been part of this group. Once more, I need to thank the College of Colorado for making my faculty expertise actually unforgettable.”
Additionally on Sunday, redshirt freshman receiver Chase Sowell introduced that he’s coming into the switch portal and Ju’Juan Johnson, a four-star recruit within the 2024 class, decommitted from the Buffs.
Lemonious-Craig unofficially caught six passes for 169 yards, together with a 98-yard landing, in Saturday’s spring sport at Folsom Discipline.
Final season, he led the Buffs with 23 catches, whereas ending second in receiving yards (359) and receiving touchdowns (three). He caught a game-winning landing cross from JT Shrout in extra time of the Buffs’ lone win final season, 20-13 in opposition to California.
Throughout his time with the Buffs, Lemonious-Craig performed in 25 video games, catching 33 passes for 482 yards and 5 touchdowns.
First-year CU head coach Deion Sanders has overhauled the roster and has mentioned repeatedly that extra adjustments are coming. Nonetheless, Lemonious-Craig’s departure is stunning due to the manufacturing he’s had this spring and the rapport he’s constructed with the brand new workers and new quarterback Shedeur Sanders.
After Saturday’s spring sport, Shedeur Sanders was requested about constructing a relationship with Lemonious-Craig.
“It’s been extraordinarily enjoyable,” Sanders mentioned. “It was simply him understanding the connection I’ve with Travis (Hunter), additionally, down the sector, like deep balls and also you perceive it’s a brand new offense. So the brand new offense goes to be execs and cons and issues we battle with. So then that’s after we all bought collectively, labored over spring break. Simply keep a great relationship with one another and preserve speaking on and off the sector, after which sport day, he exhibits up.
“The principle factor for a quarterback/receiver relationship is belief. That’s all the things. If I belief him and I do know, OK, no matter something, he’s not going to let no person decide my ball, then the catches gonna to go up and that’s what Montana is aware of additionally. So, he stepped up at present.”
Because it seems, the spring sport will probably be Lemonious-Craig’s final with the Buffs. He has two seasons of eligibility remaining.
Sowell caught two passes for 23 yards as a real freshman final season, however performed in solely 4 video games earlier than a season-ending damage. He has 4 years of eligibility remaining.
Johnson, an athlete from Lafayette Christian (La.) Academy, dedicated to the Buffs on Feb. 4. He mentioned CU continues to be one in every of his prime faculties, however he’s selecting to open up his recruitment right now.